Example sentences of "that have [been] [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bradford showed little of the enterprising approach that has been helping them shed a dour image this season , but it was not until the 64th minute that they began to slide out of the contest . |
| 2 | To understand the UK economy and the restructuring of Britain that has been occurring we have to consider not only the response of British industry to changes in the world economy , but the character of those global changes themselves and the forces that have produced them . |
| 3 | But it is seldom given as good an excuse for playing rough as it was this week by the blunder of the guerrilla force that has been fighting it for 23 years in Namibia and by the embarrassing unreadiness of the United Nations peacekeeping force to do its job of supervising the Namibian peace settlement . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's the price that has been pulling them out as well as the thought of missing out on some paperwork . |
| 5 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 6 | The softly spoken threat cut through the haze fogging her brain and she sat bolt upright , knocking away the hand that had been caressing her into submission almost without her realising it . |
| 7 | The expression that had been haunting her for nearly two days . |
| 8 | She hid more success with the identities of various names that had been puzzling her since their last encounter , and most satisfactorily of all , she placed the baby . |
| 9 | As he glanced up at her , his eyes shuttered , she found herself asking another question that had been puzzling her for a while . |
| 10 | We discovered that by making permanent changes to their usual diets individuals felt that their general health improved dramatically ; they felt far better mentally , and they managed to lose those ugly pounds of flesh that had been slowing them down and stubbing their ego . |
| 11 | As I waited , Pike started to fall , jumping clear of the stilts that had been holding him up . |
| 12 | Then , ‘ Wait a minute , ’ he interrupted himself , unclasping his left hand that had been holding hers , and reaching out to brush her hair . |
| 13 | Senna explained his version of the collision , saying : ‘ Nigel and I had passed the car that had been holding us up and then he braked earlier than I expected . |
| 14 | Which is more than you ever were with me — until , of course , that last day at the office when you took the lid off and let it all boil over — all the things that had been bugging you . ’ |
| 15 | By the time they had run the half-mile back to their barracks the tiger that had been stalking them in the penumbra had emerged from his cover . |
| 16 | It was the question that had been tormenting her from the very moment she had seen him enter the room . |
| 17 | Resisting the temptation to ask for answers to some of the questions that had been plaguing her , Luce shook her head . |
| 18 | It was as though a pain that had been worrying me had disappeared . |
| 19 | ‘ Was the rehearsal a success ? ’ she asked stiltedly , still plagued by the doubts that had been besetting her ever since leaving Gavin . |
| 20 | He was n't going for a joy trip , he was n't going out in the boat just to se to while away an hour or so to relax and to unwind , he was n't going there to , just to get away from the crowd of people that had been following him and had been listening to him , he had a purpose in going in into the boat , to go to the other side . |
| 21 | Last night , she had taken one of the wolfdogs that had been following her for weeks . |
| 22 | That was it until handover on Monday , which she hoped would be enough time to shake off the cold that had been dogging her for the last couple of days . |
| 23 | The breeze that had been lifting him , now began dragging him back , making everything heavy and sluggish . |
| 24 | Later , on their way home , Katherine suddenly realized what it was that had been troubling her throughout the evening . |
| 25 | It was Michael who asked the question that had been troubling them all . |
| 26 | She knew only , as they made their slow way along the beach back to the town , that she felt exhausted but peaceful , even momentarily carefree , as if she had shed burdens that had been weighing her down for a long time . |
| 27 | She stayed there for some time , the heavy depression that had been weighing her down ever since Marianne had appeared in her room soothed a little by the gentle singing of the river . |
| 28 | Charity 's mind , that formidable intellect that had been governing her every action for years , reminded her of the crush of student loans she had to pay . |
| 29 | You should be able to solve some problems that have been bothering you for some time , especially those connected with your work . |
| 30 | And I 'll tell you right now that unless you listen to the people that have been doing it for twenty years , in other words you do n't make appointments to go and see people to talk about |